This is a familiar scene at our house. We are committed to having an open house policy for our boys and their friends, I mean, at Ethan’s age he’s much happier with his friends around and that makes my life easier so everyone wins. Nixon, …
Tara Hamster-Hunter & her Search for the Robotic Hamster Ahhh well, who want’s a toxic hamster anyway?
Ethan and I had the pleasure of spending Miss Freya’s Very Special 6th Birthday with her last week. She got her splendid new pink cast put on in the morning….and then we kicked off Freya’s Special Day with lunch. Her choice, of course, but it was an easy win for The Happy Meal. Ethan didn’t seem to mind!
After lunch we went present shopping and Freya picked out two new cuddly puppies to add to her menagerie. We then headed home where she tore off her jacket and cardy and insisted Ethan be the first to sign his life away the new cast. The kids had a lovely afternoon doing arts and craft, digging in the mud, watching movies and devouring punnets of strawberries. Freya relaxed on the couch with her bowl of strawberries and took time out while her pedicure was drying and I finished up her birthday cake (of which I am most proud. It was my first ever ‘little girl’ cake!).
We love you so much Freya, thanks for hanging out with us on your birthday xxxx
One of Ethan’s mates turned 5 on Saturday and had his party at Clip ‘n’ Climb on Dominion Rd. Dave did the honours and the boys had an amazing time, Ethan has not stopped raving about it and how high he is going to climb …
To celebrate Jo’s birthday we enjoyed an awesome Pot Luck dinner with my bestest girl friends and their husbands / partners. My camera was sitting on the table the whole time and I took not one picture. I know, very hard to believe. We did …
Freya stayed the night after disco fever hit on Friday. It was awesome – but tiring – but awesome. They are such an old-married couple already, they squabble tell each other the lay of the land, stick their bottom lips out for about 5 seconds then work on a compromise together. It’s freaking hilarious to watch.
Dave overheard this conversation in the back seat on the way to soccer
Freya: “You know I’m older than you Ethan. I will ALWAYS be older than you”
Ethan: “Yes, but I am going to be 5 soon”
Freya: “That’s nice but what this means is that I am going to be an adult BEFORE you”
Ethan: “I will grow up you know, I don’t even wear diapers at night anymore!”
Freya: “That’s very good. But even though I am going to be an adult BEFORE you I am going to wait for you and then when you are an adult………we can get married!”.
Ethan: “There’s a cow… MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”.
I got to go out on the town last night without Dave for the first time in forever. I was in good company though; As you can see, everyone had their best ‘rave’ outfits on, complete with glow sticks, flashing necklaces and finger flashlights; We …
We tried to cram as much as possible into this weekend – it was busy but it was fun. Saturday morning began with soccer – it was a white-wash with Ethan scoring our teams only goal, but what a goal it was; he had the …
I love spontaneous visits, love pop-ins and impromptu get-togethers. These social gems don’t happen too much now that we live in the sticks, but today the sun and stars were aligned and Kris and I chatting on the phone led to a visit from her and her rad boys. I love these pics, late afternoon sun makes beautiful children MORE beautiful!
The boys took Bush to the Sky Tower in Auckland, and all they got was this lousy photo – actually three photos, in all different spots around the city…..hmmmmm, that;s tricky.